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| Easternmenue by chrisdo from Beer or Soda Bottles (2021 version) | Red necked grebe consuming a fish by kk2011 from A Big Year - Birds 2021 | Chou Romanesco by AM91210 from Repetition - Macro Challenge | Alone. by themountainphotographer from Gloomy | Flying Low by OSP2017 from Sunny Sixteen |
Another beauty, Dan! Congrats!
scooper1: I don't think I know anyone who regards birds, butterflies, turkeys, ducks, or fish as "animals" in the normally accepted use of the term.
Respectfully, I think you may be confusing animals with mammals. The five basic kingdoms of life are monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Since the critters you speak of are not single-celled, and are certainly not plants or fungi, they must be animals.